"Out Of Empire: Edward Gough Whitlam"
Beginning of paper
"More than any other part of the old Empire, Australia
remains inhibited and limited by its nostalgia for past
associations and pretensions which the British nation, and
in particular, the British monarch have long since
abandoned. Nothing has done more to retard Australia's
relations with B ....
Middle of paper
.... of Queen Elizabeth II. Thus, it is to be expected that out of all of Australia's leading figures, Whitlam would have the most reason to feel strongly, one way or the other, about our "mother country". Today, Whitlam declares himself to be a Republican, but he confesses he only came to this way of thinking after his dismissal, when he and the nation saw for the first time just how much power the Queen and her representatives really had, despite their lack of control over day to day ....
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Word count: 2138
Page count: 8 (approximately 250 words per page)
